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May 29, 2017
We have become a rationing society.
Our industries and our people are literally starving in the midst of plenty.Farmers are kept from farming, factories are kept from producing and businessmen are kept from creating new companies and jobs. This is done in the name of a variety of moral arguments, ranging from caring for the less fortunate to saving the planet. But rhetoric is only the lubricant of power. The real goal of power is always power. Consolidating production allows for total control through the moral argument of rationing, whether through resource redistribution or cap and trade. - Sultan Knish: The Rationing Society
Posted by gerardvanderleun at May 29, 2017 4:24 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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"Rhetoric is only the lubricant of power." Brilliant!
Posted by: Ann K at May 29, 2017 8:04 AM
Power has no goal, it is a means to a goal, to an objective, to a desired outcome. Power is the mindless tool, for the good or bad.
Motive, the driving force, is the 'why' for the goal.
Gandhi and Hitler both wielded power. Their goals were quite different.
Posted by: Howard Nelson at June 1, 2017 9:59 AM